WEBVTT KEITHLEY FROM ROCKLAND TONIGHT. JIM: STRIPPED OF HER SASH AND HER CROWN, FROM SEA GODDESS, TO SEE YOU LATER. TAYLOR HAMLIN: I WAS VERY EXCITED. I WAS SHOCKED. JIM: THE MOMENT 18-YEAR-OLD TAYLOR HAMLIN WAS CROWNED MAINE SEA GODDESS AN ANNUAL TRADITION AT THE LOBSTER FESTIVAL IN ROCKLAND. BUT LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER HER NEW TITLE WAS STRIPPED FROM HER AFTER FESTIVAL OFFICIALS SAY UNBECOMING PHOTOS OF THEIR NEW SEA GODDESS SURFACE. TAYLOR ADMITS SHE MADE SOME BAD CHOICES DURING HER SOPHOMORE THAT EARLIER HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. TAYLOR HAMLIN: LIKE THEY’RE PORTRAYING ME TO BE SUCH A WORSE PERSON THAN I AM. JIM: CAN YOU UNDERSTAND A PICTURE OF YOU UNDERAGE, HOLDING A JOINT, I UNDERSTAND THAT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD? TAYLOR: NO, IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT I AND I DO NOT CONDONE IT. >> SHE DID. SHE DID SOME OF THIS STUFF WHEN SHE WAS A SOPHOMORE. IT WAS A FUN YEAR, BUT SHE CAME OUT OF IT. IT WAS WRONG AND SHE KNOWS THAT. SHE TOTALLY KNOWS THAT. JIM: TAYLOR’S MOM SAYS HER DAUGHTER HAS MADE A COMPLETE TURNAROUND AND SHE PROUD HER NOW. TAYLOR IS OFF TO COLLEGE TO STUDY BUSINESS BUT EVENT SERVES AS A LESSON FOR ALL YOUNG PEOPLE. TAYLOR HAMLIN: SOCIAL MEDIA DOES AFFECT YOU AND PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT, BUT I NEVER UNDERSTOOD IT UNTIL NOW. IT DOES CRUSH YOU. IT HURTS REALLY BAD. BUT I’VE LEARNED FROM IT AND I WILL NOT DO THINGS LIKE THAT AGAIN. JIM: OFFICIALS WITH THE MAINE LOBSTER FESTIVAL SAY THIS IS A TERRIBLE SITUATION WITH ALL INVOLVED. IN A STATEMENT, THEY SAID, TAYLOR’S PHOTOS WERE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE BEHAVIOR AND IMAGE OF THE MAINE SEA GODDESS. IN ROCKLAND, JIM KEITHLEY, WMTW NE